How to Remove Skin Tags and Warts Naturally and Cheaply at Home

If you have skin tags or warts, especially larger ones, you probably know how annoying it can be when they are rubbed with clothing, jewelry or when shaving. Although they don’t require treatment, they can still cause irritation or discomfort, and might be not very aesthetically pleasing.

Apparently skin tags are common, and according to the NIH (National Institutes of Health) USA, approximately 46% of people have skin tags.

An important note is that before you attempt to remove skin growth at home, you need to know that you are removing skin tags – which is a benign condition – and not a mole or any other lesion that can be malignant. Therefore what you are trying to remove should have been previously diagnosed by a health professional as a harmless skin tag.

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What Are Skin Tags?

Having skin tags is a benign condition known also by the name acrochordon, and generally occur after mid-life. A skin tag looks like a small piece of soft hanging skin that may hang from a stalk. Skin tags can appear on any part of the body, but are more common in body folds where skin rubs against skin, such as armpits, groin, under the breast, eyelids and neck.

There are several factors that increase the likelihood of having skin tags. Genetics is one of them, while other factors include obesity and people who suffer from diabetes. Also skin tags are more common among pregnant women due to hormonal changes.

Don’t use ACV to remove skin tags around the eyelids, as it can harm the eyes.

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Wash the area around the skin tag using water and a mild soap and then dry it. Dip a small piece of a cotton ball in ACV and squeeze out the excess ACV. Place the cotton ball with the ACV on the skin tag holding it with a bandage and leave in place for up to 15 minutes. Do it 3 times a day for several days or even a week or more if needed until the skin darkens, dries and falls off.

Apple Cider Vinegar for Warts Removal

A similar way is used to remove warts. Warts are caused by viruses, especially HPV type (human papilloma virus) that causes an infection. The virus causes the top layer of the skin to grow too fast, and the result is a small solid growth with a rough surface that typically appears on the hands or feet.

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Warts are more likely to develop on broken skin, as the virus can enter the top layer of the skin through scratches or cuts. If you are not sure and wonder whether it may be something else, go and see your doctor to have it checked.

The virus that causes warts can be passed on by skin-to-skin contact or through contact with towels or shoes, and can be spread to other body parts. This is why it is best to treat warts as soon as they appear.

You can use over-the-counter products to treat warts, or visit a dermatologist that can perform wart treatment and removal techniques that are stronger and usually faster than the commercially available products. But you can also easily and safely use ACV.

How to Remove Warts Using ACV

Gently clean the wart and the area around the wart. Take a small cotton ball that will cover the wart, and soak it in ACV. Secure with a band aid overnight. Change the cotton ball daily and keep it on every night. After one week, the wart will start to peel off until it is completely removed.

You may want to continue this treatment for another few days after the wart has been removed just to make sure it doesn’t return.

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117 Responses to How to Remove Skin Tags and Warts Naturally and Cheaply at Home

An excellent and quick way to remove warts, is with a paste made of coconut oil and turmeric. They are both antiviral. Within 3 days the top of the wart disappears.Within 10 days the wart is completely gone.

I’ve seen it is not recommended to use ACV in the genital area as it’s too strong and can burn the delicate skin in this area. There are references of removing skin tags successfully with coconut oil. Replace the ACV with extra virgin organic unrefined coconut oil and follow the same steps. I don’t know if it works, but perhaps it worth a try. If it doesn’t work, you will probably need to see a dermatologist if it disturbs you.

with smaller skin tags just get a small I borrow scissors, spray them with bactine to numb the area and cut them off quickly at the base. Start with a smaller 1 and the trick is to cut near the base very quickly it feels almost like you are plUcking your eyebrows. You can’t do it with super large ones, but you can’t do it with smaller ones and medium ones. Doesn’t hurt at all. Just cut quickly at the base and put bactine on first. You won’t believe how easy it is to get rid of these things!

I put thread around the tag and pull it tight. put a band aid on it and leave it for a week when I pull the band aid off the tag is gone. It will cut the blood to it off and it falls off. It does not hurt at all.

Apple Cider Vinegar ………Yes, it works.
I was suffering with bunch of warts on my neck from last 2-3 months.
AND ITS REALY Embarrassing situation
I Used Medicine like – Thuja 200c, Thuja Cream, ADEL 40 – Non Worked for me 
Then I used Apple Cider Vinegar for 4-5 days and all warts are gone.
I pasted a cotton ball soaked in Apple Cider Vinegar with the help of Surgical Paper tape (Paste in a way to keep the cotton wet with the apple vinegar; just keep one hole to put more vinegar into it and then lock it completely) for minimum 7-8 hr. every night. In morning wash it with soap and apply Thuja cream after the wart gets dry. I don’t know why I applied thuja cream but what I did I am just writing.
Within 2 day you will start feeling a sensation in the warts and after 5 days the warts will start drying-rough and color will change black and they will fall from the roots in maximum 10-12 day.
It doesn’t hurt but smell is little bad, in order to remove HPV virus one can easily tolerate the smell.
It worked for me and I pray to God – this works for you too.

You can also use potato skin to remove warts.take a normal potato and slice just a small size of mostly skin off and place it on the wart and use bandade or tape.It can take longer put the potassium will pull the wart off.I would slice a skin piece off keep it on the wart for an hour or so. put a new one one.Did it at night before going to bed.I had a wart on my gential area from a wart that had been on my finger.I tried everything.Doctor froze it came back in two months.I tried the wart removal.OMG worst pain I have ever felt.Removed them came back months later.I did the potato skin method took about a week maybe two of doing this.Actually saw the warts pulled off and in the potato skin never have seen the wart Again.I swear….I actually did this on a mole.It work as well.

As for hyper-pigmentation – it takes quite a lot of time to lighten hyper-pigmentation using natural remedies. The most common applications use aloe vera juice, or a combination of lemon juice + honey + yogurt. Some suggest applying turmeric (see here – http://www.livestrong.com/article/355046-how-to-use-turmeric-to-lighten-skin/). Others recommend oatmeal mask, or applying vitamin E oil or using avocado or potato on the affected area. There are quite a lot of suggestions. But if you have a very dark spot, you may need to apply vitamin A cream (or other applications) which is prescribed by a dermatologist.

Thank you for the useful, simple tricks. I like to tips given by doctors to me:
– remove warts or other unwanted things (check the nature of them:) by tying a little thread around it, tighten is as much as possible. If necessary repeat after a few days when the objects is drying and becoming smaller. it will fall of.
– cut skin tags by the stem with a small sharp clean pair of scissors (I use a rounded one, used for nails, so I do not cut the normal skin). It hardly hurts.

Hi Abid, I’ve seen it is not recommended to use ACV in the genital area as it’s too strong and can burn the skin. There are references of removing skin tags successfully with coconut oil. Replace the ACV with extra virgin organic unrefined coconut oil and follow the same steps.

I’ve seen it is not recommended to use ACV in the genital area as it’s too strong and can burn the skin. There are references of removing skin tags successfully with coconut oil. Replace the ACV with extra virgin organic unrefined coconut oil and follow the same steps.

Hi Cynthia, I am personally not familiar with this issue, but researching it I’ve noticed that there are topical creams obtained over the counter to treat it. I don’t know how effective they are. I also came across the reply of the dermatologist Dr. Ronald Shelton who said that in order to completely remove them, any treatment would have to penetrate the deep dermis. He said that superficial treatments will plane down the surface but not remove the growth from the deeper layers. These treatments need to be done periodically to treat the continued growth once clinically realized. However he said that deep laser treatment make them go away but there is a risk of scarring. Home Remedies website has few suggestions you can try at home (http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com/articles/1233/beauty/syringoma.html), but again, I don’t know how effective they are.

I have what the doctor called age worts they are around my waist and bust airier they are not risen they are flat and going black can you suggest anything to get rid of them they are so embaressing from Jean Hewitt t

Hi Jean, the conventional treatment for seborrhoeic warts (or seborrheic keratosis) is by liquid nitrogen or using an electric current or vaporizing with laser. However I’ve seen references in forums of people who used ACV and it helped them, so maybe it worth trying with ACV.

I had one of these on the back of my leg. I saw on another website to use duct tape. Cut a small piece of duct tape and leave on for 7 days. When you take the tape off, it will be white. Scratch the top off and reapply until it’s gone. Sounds crazy, but it worked for me. Hope it will work for you.

Yes, this should work also on moles (some references recommend to scratch the mole gently with a toothpick before applying the ACV and some don’t mention it). The most important thing is to check the mole before removing it to make sure it’s benign.

Hi Nancy, there are quite a lot of homemade applications for lightening pigmentation or age spots. The most common among them are applying pure aloe vera gel twice a day for half an hour or using a mixture of lemon juice and yogurt in equal parts, and even a turmeric paste made of one teaspoon of turmeric powder with three tablespoons of lemon juice. Also onion juice can help. The problem is that it takes a long time until you see results, and if the age spot is very dark, you may need stronger topical applications prescribed by a dermatologist.

Hi there! We tried this with a wart on my daughter’s knee..the wart turned black,and did fall off, but the whole area around the wart bruised and then the skin all blistered and peeled. Additionally there is still a black mass (although it is now recessed into the skin) where the wart was originally. Any thoughts….?

Hi Vicky, When you do the treatment, try to cover only the tiny part of the wart with ACV as it is very acidic and can irritate the skin around it. Now when you’ve finished with the treatment, give time for the area to heal completely as it takes time for the area to get back to its normal condition. Warts can sometimes come back if they are persistent, and if you see that after a while there is no improvement and the wart comes back, you may require another techniques or applications given by a dermatologist.

Please advise on kelloid also. My wife has long outstanding issues with it. Any cut or bruise turn that part of skin into a painful wart and later remain as mass. Which sometimes get infected and bleeds. Any solution or suggestion you have.

Hi Jane, there are various natural ways to treat hyper-pigmentation, but if it’s a black spot or really dark spot they will not be very helpful and I don’t believe you will see effective results. You will probably need to consult with a dermatologist about suitable options.

Dave, I have and many family members best luck with just using pee/urine on the wart. Family members with dozens on the feet, about a week they are gone for good. Easier and cheeper than ACV!! Google it!!

Hi jenny I had wards in my right hand from last few months I treated medically I done laser to finished them permanently as all they gone but the issue is scars as m using such creams gvn by my dermatologist from last months but hvnt seen any result wants some quick homemade remdy to clear my skin plzzzzzzz

Hi Nazih, you can refer to my article about treating scars – https://www.healthyandnaturalworld.com/best-ways-to-heal-scars-naturally/ – but if you haven’t seen any improvement with the creams that your dermatologist had prescribed you, I doubt that the other applications in the article will be much of a help, but you can still give it a try. It may not completely get rid of the scars (some people are more prone to scars than others), but they might improve the appearance of the scars. It is also recommended to gently massage the area twice a day for several weeks to increase blood circulation and help in the healing process.

I’ve treated skin tags with a mixture of bicarb and cod liver oil made into a paste. Skin tags disappear overnight. I’ve also used it on a strange mole. First it made it get a crusty top, then it grew rapidly up then the whole lot fell off. It seemed to kill it as I felt tingling along nerve lines radiating from the mole around 30 cm out. Now I can’t even find a bump or scar on my skin where it used to be.

Dear Jenny,I am suffering from sever skin itching most probably due to my dry skin.My two hands are also very inchy.Is there any natural remedy which i can use?At present I am using various skin moisturizer without much success.Thank you

Don’t apply ACV around the eye area because the skin there is very delicate and also the ACV can enter the eyes and sting. I’ve seen references of people who drank 1-2 tbsp. of ACV mixed with a glass of water and after some time they’ve notices improvement in puffiness around the eyes and dark circles, so maybe it’s worth trying (in any case it has many other health benefits).

According to Bragg website, ACV has an FDA required “official” shelf life of three to five years after the bottling date (found on the bottle), however, experience has shown that the product is safe, usable and effective for an indefinite period if kept out of direct sunlight. In another website it’s says that you should be able to store ACV for at least 5 years, but you should be able to use it after that time as well (in most cases and if stored properly in cool and dark place and properly sealed).

Mine is in my eyebrow area, has a reddish color, smooth and perfect edges. Not jagged like a wart. Has grown slowly over the past four years. Still small, yet still growing over time. Is it possible this is not a tag?

There is a bean shaped mole on my arm.it start a small rash having purse on d head and when I scratched it, it started getting large so I went to cut it off tru operation. It grown again after about 1 year and I was prepared to go again to cut but a skin Dr advice me not to and if I do it will certainly Come back.the mole is like a bean as I said earlier not soft like the rest part of skin but strong like stone.please JENNY what can I call it and how do I treat it through your observation??

I’m not really sure (I’m not a doctor) but I’ve seen references of other people who had the same issue. There are various techniques for mole removal, and if I were you I would get a second opinion from another dermatologist regarding your condition and treatment options.

I have skin tags on my neck and some of them may be warts. I have found it difficult to secure the bandaid onto my neck as it’s an area where they skin moves a lot as you move your head. As you move your head you stretch the bandaid and it comes undone… Have you any other suggestions as to how one would apply the ACV to the neck without the bandaid? Would it be sufficient to rub the ACV over the area a few times a day instead?

Hi Ruby, I’m not sure if just applying the ACV over the area several times a day will do the job. I know there are various types of band-aids, and instead of using the regular narrow ones, I would try the larger ones that come in a large square or rectangle shape that have better adhesive properties.

Hi Robin, I would hesitate to use ACV near the eye area. I’ve seen several references about applying organic virgin coconut oil on skin tags to remove them. I don’t know how effective it is, but worth a try.

I’ve had a huge skin tag on my butt for years! I actually had my doctor cut it off once and it was finally gone for the moment. After it healed I realized the doc didn’t cut it directly at the base and there was a very tiny spot left. It was so small I didn’t think much of it but within a few months it had grown back to it’s original size :/ blahhh it was so frustrating! And not only did the one grow to it’s original size it had grown another small one right beside it. I was devastated thinking I’d finally rid the embarrassing thing, yet now was back in full force. I’d done some reading on the subject and learned about the ACV so I decided to take the challenge. I tried for a week straight and no improvement, blahhh again!! Anyways, I’d recently bought a wart removal treatment with salicylic acid as the active ingredient. In just three days the skin tag had minimized dramatically and at this rate should hopefully be gone by weeks end. So for any of you all who are not having the best luck with ACV try out salicylic acid 🙂 🙂

Wrap cotton thread tightly around the base of the tag where it grows from the skin, once and then twice. Pull it tight and tie two knots. In time the thread will cut the blood off from entering. A little uncomfortable at first, but the skin tag will die and drop off naturally. It will also turn black – don’t be concerned – it is a good sign.

I’ve had this wart growing in size since October and according to the doctor its a deep plantar verrucea. After going through one unsuccessful extraction at podiatrist, I tried to give ACV treatment a chance and i’m into my 2nd week. Rightnow the tip of the tissue which was black since few days has come off. But as its pretty deep, looks like it will take some more time to completely come out on its own. I wish I could upload some pics here, to get an advise. I’m getting little impatient & anxious with the healing process. Please advise.

Hi Josh, often verrucae is very deep and requires several treatments in order to get rid of it. My friend had verrucae and had to go several times to the nurse’s office. As far as I remember, the nurse removed with a special knife the outer layer of the verrucae and then deep freezed it. My friend waited about 2 weeks between each treatment if I remember correctly. After several treatments like that the verrucae was gone. So the whole process took several good weeks. It was not a quick fix.

Hi Mark, the article says specifically under the title “How to Use ACV to Remove Skin Tags”: “Don’t use ACV to remove skin tags around the eyelids, as it can harm the eyes”. Please read the whole article thoroughly next time!